Tacto Labs: Fast-Track Builder Program

Job description

Why this role exists Manufacturing is Europe’s backbone, and it’s under pressure. More than half of manufacturing cost is decided in procurement, yet the function still runs on Excel. Tacto's sales-led motion in DACH works: more than 300 industrial companies run on Tacto. Tacto Labs is where we build what comes nest: new products and wedges that don't scale linearly with headcount. Each bet starts on a whiteboard and either becomes a real business inside Tacto or gets killed fast. What you'll do Take a bet from idea to first paying users, working directly with our founders Build it yourself with AI: prototype, landing pages, agents, outreach, whatever proves or kills the idea fastest Talk to customers and suppliers until you know. more about the problem than anyone else in the company Find the next compounding loop and scale what works How it fits Everybody in Tacto Labs is a Builder: same role, same bar, pointed at earlier stage problems. We believe in building over strategizing. Who we're looking for You've built something from zero: as a founder, early at a startup, or during a side project. You want to found something someday. We're looking for people we'd back if they did. You don't come from engineering? Great, as long as you build. If you've shipped something with with AI tools, you're technical enough to start and get better. Extreme ownership, no ego. Fluent in German; English is a strong plus. How the process works Say Hello (20 min): get to know each other and the role Hiring Manager Interview (45 min) On-site day: a case with three Builders and Pool Leads (1 hour), Meet the Team (30 min) How we work We’re in our Munich office four days a week, with 100+ people building together every day. We measure outcomes. Trust is high and feedback is direct. We offer competitive salary and meaningful equity. Our Background Tacto is building the intelligence layer that connects AI to the physical world of manufacturing, starting with procurement. AI is transforming every industry, but it stops at the factory gate. The knowledge that holds manufacturing together - part costs, suppliers, materials - is scattered across systems and people. Over 50% of a product's cost originates from suppliers, making procurement the single largest cost lever in manufacturing and the missing connection between the digital and the physical world. Yet it still runs on Excel and l…